What is the next big meteor shower? According to E. Lyytinen and P. Jenniskens, the comet 209P/LINEAR (2004 CB) will cause it in 2014. We checked is and actually confirm this prediction by running our meteor shower prediction model. It is clear the Earth will cross it on May 24th around 7:40 UT. Now the...

Comet 31P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 2 made its closest approach to the Earth (2.489 AU) on the 24th February, 2011. 31P/Schwassmann-Wachmann, also known as Schwassmann-Wachmann 2, is a periodic comet in our solar system. It was discovered on January 17, 1929, at an apparent magnitude of 11. [url=ht...

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